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- Auto Parade, Valley Fair
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See images bmlthayer T64 & bmlthayer T68 as well.
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- Auto Parade, Valley Fair, Brattleboro, Vt.
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See images bmlthayer T64 & bmlthayer T69 as well.
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- Auto Parade, Valley Fair, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Valley Fair automobile parade with onlookers behind a fence and an Opera House advertisement banner. See images bmlthayer T68 & bmlthayer T69 as well.
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- Billboards
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Coca Cola billboard advertising sign painted on the side of a brick building. 1953-58
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- Billboards
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Two 1950s billboards. The one on the left is sponsored by Royer Motor Company located at 173 St. Paul Street, Burlington, Vermont. The other advertises Yankee Doodles pastries by Drake's.
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- Miscellaneous
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Maple products of the Vermont Maple Orchards, Inc. of Burlington, Vt.
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- Store Windows
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Unipower radio equipment display. Perhaps part of a business exhibition at Memorial Auditorium.
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- Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
- Date Created
- 1945
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Obviously a display for gloves but also for some unidentifiable products that promise some excitement. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the word "dynamite" to indicate that something is powerful or impressive dates from the early 1940s.
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- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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- 1945
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Display of "Kem-Tone, the miracle wall finish" at a Sherwin-Williams paint store in Burlington, Vt. "Here!! Try it yourself and be convinced" is the message behind the pyramid of paint cans.
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- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1946-1947
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Advertising for "Pestroy," an insecticide (pest + destroy = Pestroy). Doggerel on tombstone- shaped panels touts the effectiveness of the product.
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- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1945-1946
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Display of "Mello-Gloss" paint, which leaves a washable surface.
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- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1946-1947
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Toy "insect," probable victim of the insecticide "Pestroy." Tombstone seen in mcalB18F26i15 is visible in the upper left corner of this photo.
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- Stores - Windows - Unidentified
- Date Created
- 1945
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"July Clearance Sale - Carnival of Bargains" (sign on upper left side of display). Four mannequins displaying children's and women's clothing, along with a stuffed camel for an exotic touch. (Store name and location unknown).
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- WCAX Radio
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1945 billboard advertising WCAX radio 620 on the dial. Shown are names, radio personalities and some of the programs broadcast.
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- War Bond Campaign
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1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable...
Show more1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable organizations (mostly for women) competing in the purchase of bonds is posted in the upper left corner.
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- War Bond Campaign
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1944 poster display in store window, perhaps at a travel agency, touting the effectiveness of War Bonds and promoting further sales. Words and phrases used: "Ravaged," [several European countries] "at peace," "No surrender," and "They can take only our bodies!"
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- War Bond Campaign
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1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable...
Show more1944 Three women standing behind what appears to be a War Bonds sales counter (location unknown). Patriotic background has slogans like "Back the Attack!," "Keep 'em fighting," and "For baby's future, Buy War Bonds," a not so subtle appeal to the safety of children. A list of charitable organizations (mostly for women) competing in the purchase of bonds is posted in the upper left corner.
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- War Bond Campaign
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Store window display promoting the sale of War Bonds and American values, as expressed in the "Four Freedoms" paintings by Norman Rockwell. Other items on display have some connection to World War II and the war effort.